4 CULTURE
9 OPINION
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6 ARTS
11 WALLKILL
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VOLUME LIII | ISSUE 8
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2019
Students Fear Upcoming Supreme Court Decision on LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination With a majorityconservative Supreme Court, students are not confident that LGBTQ workers will remain protected from discrimination. By LISA COCHRAN Deputy News Editor
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The New York County Supreme Court in downtown Manhattan. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently in debate over employers can fire LGBTQ individuals because of their sexual or gender identity.
After the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for three labor discrimination cases on the grounds of transgender identity and sexuality last week, members of NYU’s LGBTQ community expressed dread and hopelessness about the outcomes. The court cases involve a transgender woman who was fired because her employer disapproved of her gender identity and two gay men who were fired when their sexual orientation was discovered. The plantiffs assert that their employers have violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of sex, gender, ethnicity and religion. The court will only reach a decision sometime within the upcoming year, but its conservative makeup has left students feeling that the plaintiffs will not prevail. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Student Government, NYU Agree to Expunge Academic Probation Records By ALEXANDRIA JOHNSON Deputy News Editor Student government reached an agreement with the university to change the current Academic Probation Policy last Friday, after a year of working with faculty in the University Senate. The university has an internal transcript, seen by those within NYU, and an external
transcript, seen by prospective employers, for each student. In the past, when a student faced academic probation it was noted on both transcripts. Moving forward, it will only be mentioned on the internal transcript — and past students who have been on probation will have mention of it expunged from their external records. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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NYU recently reached an agreement with student government to expunge academic probation records from external transcripts.